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  Young, Hot and Blue: Stars in the Cluster NGC 2547

  March 27, 2013 — The Universe is an old neighborhood -- roughly 13.8 billion years old. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is also ancient -- some of its stars are more than 13 billion years old (eso0425). Nevertheless, ... > full story
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  Hubble Digs Up Galactic Glow Worm

  March 24, 2013 — The image of a charming and bright galaxy, known as IRAS 23436+5257, was captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. It is located in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, which is named ... > full story
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  'Sideline Quasars' Helped to Stifle Early Galaxy Formation

  March 21, 2013 — Astronomers targeting one of the brightest quasars glowing in the universe some 11 billion years ago say "sideline quasars" likely teamed up with it to heat abundant helium gas billions of years ago, ... > full story
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  Spiral Beauty Graced by Fading Supernova

  March 20, 2013 — About 35 million light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Eridanus (The River), lies the spiral galaxy NGC 1637. Back in 1999 the serene appearance of this galaxy was shattered by the ... > full story
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  Famous Supernova Reveals Clues About Crucial Cosmic Distance Markers

  March 18, 2013 — A new study using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory points to the origin of a famous supernova. This supernova, discovered in 1604 by Johannes Kepler, belongs to an important class of ... > full story
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  Hubble Gazes on One Ring to Rule Them All

  March 18, 2013 — Galaxies can take many forms -- elliptical blobs, swirling spiral arms, bulges, and disks are all known components of the wide range of galaxies we have observed using telescopes like the NASA/ESA ... > full story
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  A Youthful 'Star Wreck': Youngest-Known Supernova Remnants in Our Milky Way Galaxy

  March 15, 2013 — While performing an extensive X-ray survey of our galaxy's central regions, NASA's Swift satellite has uncovered the previously unknown remains of a shattered star. Designated G306.3.9 after the ... > full story
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  'Monster' Starburst Galaxies Discovered in Early Universe

  March 13, 2013 — Astronomers have discovered starburst galaxies earlier in the Universe's history than they were previously thought to have existed. These newly discovered galaxies represent what today's most massive ... > full story

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  Astronomers Discover Extremely Rare Triple Quasar

  March 12, 2013 — For only the second time in history, astronomers have discovered an extremely rare triple quasar system. Quasars are extremely bright and powerful sources of energy that sit in the center of a ... > full story
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  Blue Bursts of Hot Young Stars Captured by Hubble

  March 11, 2013 — A new Hubble image, speckled with blue, white and yellow light, shows part of the spiral galaxy IC 5052. Surrounded in the image by foreground stars in our own galaxy, and distant galaxies beyond, it ... > full story

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